Mohanty et al. examine the link between county-level Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index and rates of all-cause pneumonia, pneumococcal pneumonia, and invasive pneumococcal disease from 2016 to 2019 among publicly insured U.S. adults. Findings show that pneumococcal disease rates are higher in the most socially vulnerable counties.
- Salini Mohanty
- Priya Shanmugam
- Kristen A. Feemster
